"These allegations are complete fabrications, made by an accuser who, since October of last year, has doggedly tried to have Mr. Marriotti arrested and charged on numerous past occasions without success," Mariotti's attorney Shawn Holley said in a statement. "We look forward to our day in court, where these outrageous falsehoods will be exposed as the lies that they are."

Mariotti, who was let go by ESPN and AOL last year, faces up to five years in prison if convicted.